Revision of the genus Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Costa Rica, with a key to all species previously described from Mesoamerica
Author
Fernandez-Triana, Jose
Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6 Canada
Author
Boudreault, Caroline
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-2626
Canadian National Collection of Insects, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K 1 A 0 C 6 Canada
Author
Dapkey, Tanya
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA
Author
Smith, M. Alex
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8650-2575
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N 1 G 2 W 1 Canada
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Rodriguez, J.
Dept. of Natural Sciences, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Wise, VA 24293 USA
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Hallwachs, Winnie
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA
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Janzen, Daniel H.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-5107
Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 - 6018 USA
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2016
2016-06-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/JHR.50.8220
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Promicrogaster kevinmartinezi Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault
sp. n.
Figs 69-74
, 75-80
Holotype.
Female, CNC. COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Area de
Conservacion
Guanacaste, Sector Cacao, Sendero Arenales, 1080m, 10.92471, -85.46738. DNA Voucher code: DHJPAR0031319.
Paratypes.
1♀, 1♂ (CNC), same locality as holotype. DNA voucher codes: DHJPAR0031274, DHJPAR0031318.
Description.
Head: mostly black, clypeus, labrum and mandibles yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown to black. Mesosoma: black. Tegula: yellow. Metasoma (dorsally): T1-T2 dark brown to black, T3 mostly yellow, with anterior 0.2 light brown, T4-7 brown anteriorly, white on posterior 0.3-0.5. Metacoxa: orange-yellow. Malar distance: 0.2-0.3
x
eye length. Fore wing areolet: present. T1 sculpture: anterior 0.5 smooth, posterior 0.5 sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.14-0.15 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.10 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.07-0.08 mm. Body length: 2.85-3.37 mm. Fore wing length: 3.47-3.67 mm. Ovipositor length: 2.49-3.38 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.81-0.85 mm. Metafemur length: 0.89 mm. Metatibia length: 1.13-1.18 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.40-0.56 mm/ 0.21-0.24 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.11 mm/ 0.40-0.47 mm.
Distribution.
Known only from the holotype locality in ACG, cloud forest, Costa Rica.
Etymology.
Promicrogaster kevinmartinezi
is named in honor of 12-year-old Kevin Olivier
Martinez
Perez
from the Colonia
Bolanos
school for his growing enthusiasm for understanding and protecting the wild nature that occurs in his homeland.